Can anyone explain the board PCIe layout?
Is it
1. nVIDIA (PCIe x16/8, PCIe x8, PCIe x16/8, PCIe x8), PCIe x16, PCIe x4 OR
2. PCIe x16, nVIDIA (PCIe x8, PCIe x16/8, PCIe x8,PCIe x16/8), PCIe x4?
In the first case would be great for super workstation, in the second - for stockbrokers only (24 monitors from standard box - KOOL!) - too long ribbon would not work.
Super workstation: special box (see the back panel of this one), 2 x ATI FirePro V8750 (or a couple of Radeon HD 4870 X2 - if do not need stereo and super advanced color - faster and cheaper) in nVIDIA x16 slots, x16 to 4 x8 switch/riser (by a ribbon riser), RAID card for 16 Intel X25-E in RAID 10, FireStream 9250 (or HD 4870) accelerator (if really PCIe v 2.0 will use nearly half of the bandwidth) and 10-20GB LAN card.
Is it
1. nVIDIA (PCIe x16/8, PCIe x8, PCIe x16/8, PCIe x8), PCIe x16, PCIe x4 OR
2. PCIe x16, nVIDIA (PCIe x8, PCIe x16/8, PCIe x8,PCIe x16/8), PCIe x4?
In the first case would be great for super workstation, in the second - for stockbrokers only (24 monitors from standard box - KOOL!) - too long ribbon would not work.
Super workstation: special box (see the back panel of this one), 2 x ATI FirePro V8750 (or a couple of Radeon HD 4870 X2 - if do not need stereo and super advanced color - faster and cheaper) in nVIDIA x16 slots, x16 to 4 x8 switch/riser (by a ribbon riser), RAID card for 16 Intel X25-E in RAID 10, FireStream 9250 (or HD 4870) accelerator (if really PCIe v 2.0 will use nearly half of the bandwidth) and 10-20GB LAN card.